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Send SmtpClient Mails to Disk


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When developing a system that sends mails, often the mails shouldn’t be sent for real when testing. Instead they should be made available for investigation. Fortunately, that functionality is built in with the .NET SmtpClient. There is even no need to change the code. It’s just a matter of configuration. Add the following lines to… Continue reading Send SmtpClient Mails to Disk

Debugging a WCF Service Using a 32 Bit Dll

Recently I was involved in a problem where we had a WCF service referencing a 32 bit dll. The service was set to to “Start WCF Service Host when debugging another project in the same solution”. Unfortunately that ended up with an exception. Could not load file or assembly ‘My32BitLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’ or one… Continue reading Debugging a WCF Service Using a 32 Bit Dll

EF Migrations Command Reference

Entity Framework Migrations are handled from the package manager console in Visual Studio. The usage is shown in various tutorials, but I haven’t found a complete list of the commands available and their usage, so I created my own. There are four available main commands. Enable-Migrations: Enables Code First Migrations in a project. Add-Migration: Scaffolds a migration… Continue reading EF Migrations Command Reference

Code Generation – Blessing or Curse?

There are lot of code generation tools available. Microsoft Visual Studio has had code generation possibilities since I started using it in the mid 90-ties. Code generation can be a blessing for getting something up and running quickly, but also a curse when maintaining code. Whenever a code generation tool is considered, there are two… Continue reading Code Generation – Blessing or Curse?